vocab 3

Question 1

(adj.) giving assistance or support; (n.) a helper, aid

Answer 1

auxiliary

Question 2

(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

Answer 2

candid

Question 3

(n.) a small room or compartment

Answer 3

cubicle

Question 4

(n.) work that is hard and tiresome

Answer 4

drudgery

Question 5

(n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

Answer 5

envoy

Question 6

(v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity

Answer 6

escalate

Question 7

(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful

Answer 7

expedient

Question 8

(v.) to pretend

Answer 8

feign

Question 9

(n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

Answer 9

flair

Question 10

(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious

Answer 10

grievous

Question 11

(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse

Answer 11

heterogeneous

Question 12

(n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng

Answer 12

horde

Question 13

(v.) to force, drive forward

Answer 13

impel

Question 14

(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical

Answer 14

incredulous

Question 15

(v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

Answer 15

inscribe

Question 16

(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Answer 16

monologue

Question 17

(n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

Answer 17

prognosis

Question 18

(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound

Answer 18

rasping

Question 19

(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Answer 19

repugnant

Question 20

(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail

Answer 20

scuttle